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Decent valueActive$500,000 COLOR BLAST · $5 · Massachusetts Lottery
$500,000 COLOR BLAST: Decent value. A $5 ticket pays back $3.82 on average.
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#20 of 29 · $5 MA games
▲ +0.2 pts vs launch#20 of 29 · $5 MA games
$500,000 COLOR BLAST is a $5 scratch-off ticket from the Massachusetts state lottery. Its current expected value is 76.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 76.2%. 3 of the original 3 $500,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 4% of the 8.1M printed tickets have been sold.
76.4%
expected return
1 in 4.16
odds of any win
3 of 3
$500K top prizes left
4%
claimed · 342k of 8.1M printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 1,854,177 winning tickets still unclaimed.
10 win more than $5
$10 – $200, an actual profit
14 win their money back
a $5 prize, so you break even
76 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 16,824 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $3.82 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $5 – $500
$3.61 · 72.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $500K
$0.21 · 4.2% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$5 – $500 wins
1,854,142 winning tickets remain in this range: 94% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
4% claimed, and the jackpots are still out there
Counting every ticket since launch, Aug 2026.
8.1M
tickets printed
342k
tickets claimed · 4%
7.7M
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Jackpots are outlasting sales: good for buyers.
Jackpots left
100%
Tickets left
96%
100% of top prizes remain with only 96% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Massachusetts Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $5 MA peers
#20 of 29
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Massachusetts Lottery published claim data.
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